Switching from my Nvidia 750Ti to Sapphire Pulse Radeon RX580

[nomad411]

Time to upgrade, and decided I,d switch to Radeon since it's supposedly easier on OS upgrades..

Is there some guide that I've missed?

Random posts seem to say that it's either a quick swap, delete Nvidia drivers and go go go , OR I have to compile WhateverGreen from scratch. Confusing.

Am trying to minimize downtime by researching first.

Halp!

Thanks

 

[izo1]

Just uninstall WebDrivers including CUDA (If you have it)....then shutdown, take out NVIDIA, put in RX580.

It will work out of the box in High Sierra (above 10.13.4+)

If you need support for dual monitors and up, put in Lilu and WhateverGreen in your EFI/Other folder.

 

[nomad411]

If you need support for dual monitors and up, put in Lilu and WhateverGreen in your EFI/Other folder.

Thank you , it’s what i was hoping

I only find a Whatevergreen that i must compile, is that the norm?

 

[izo1]

Thank you , it’s what i was hoping

I only find a Whatevergreen that i must compile, is that the norm?

No need to compile, latest Lilu and WG are here:

https://github.com/acidanthera/WhateverGreen/releases
https://github.com/acidanthera/Lilu/releases

You WILL need Lilu to use WG

 

[nomad411]

Going to try it now..

I added a new lilu and Whatevergreen in EFI / Clover / Kexts / Other Wish is what you meant right?

 

[nomad411]

Wow.. this was just sooooo smooth an operation. I’m all done, no issues yet.

I now need to find out if acceleration is good i guess

Thanks a lot for your reassurance and guidance.

 

[nomad411]

WhateverGreen has disappeared from my Kexts / Other folder.. Is that normal?

Everything is working great as far as I can tell., Video acceleration is there, 2 monitors working fine (One HDMI, one DVI).

 

[izo1]

WhateverGreen has disappeared from my Kexts / Other folder.. Is that normal?

Everything is working great as far as I can tell., Video acceleration is there, 2 monitors working fine (One HDMI, one DVI).

Disappearing kexts are not normal. When you mount your efi partition, empty your trash, then copy the proper WhateverGreen.kext into kexts/other folder again and make sure Lilu.kext is there too. It should be smooth sailing.

Are you sure you put it in the right partition?

If your 2nd monitor is working then WG is loaded.

Going to try it now..

I added a new lilu and Whatevergreen in EFI / Clover / Kexts / Other Wish is what you meant right?

Yes it needs to go into that folder.

 

[nomad411]

I have 3 disk possibilities when I run EFI Mounter, and in none of those 3 i find WhateverGreen, nor is it under /library/Extensions where I had to install AppleALC for my sound card.. Odd.. Where do I find out for sure which EFI folder I'm booted with? Clover config?

 

[nomad411]

Ahhhh! the 3 EFi mounts all point to the same, I added WhateverGreen in the firdt one and it shows in all 3.

Rebooting now.